Posted on 03/22/2012 12:30:10 PM PDT by ColdOne
Full TitleMammoth new green climate fund wants United Nations-style diplomatic immunity, even though its not part of the UN
EXCLUSIVE: The Green Climate Fund, which is supposed to help mobilize as much as $100 billion a year to lower global greenhouse gases, is seeking a broad blanket of U.N.-style immunity that would shield its operations from any kind of legal process, including civil and criminal prosecution, in the countries where it operates. Theres just one problem: it is not part of the United Nations.
Whether the fund, which was formally created at a U.N. climate conference in Durban, South Africa last December, will get all the money it wants to spend is open to question in an era of economic slowdown and fiscal austerity. Its spending goal comes atop some $30 billion in fast start-up money that has been pledged by U.N. member states to such climate change activities.
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Hillary Clinton just made an announcement regarding near-future water scarcities and the UN framed in terms of national defense. Expect problems with your water rights in the years to come, because several global corporations were also mentioned (see Bolivia and global corporate buying water rights to enslave peasants).
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